Promised Land Sugaree Mexicali Blues Dire Wolf Black Throated Wind Candyman Jack Straw Big Railroad Blues Big River Here Comes Sunshine El Paso Ramble On Rose Playin' In The Band
Set 2
Mississippi Half Step Me And Bobby McGee Row Jimmy Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow He's Gone > Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine > Other One > Stella Blue > Around & Around
Notes:
-- All disc changes are seamless
-- I corrected the pitch and fixed the levels
-- There were a few pops that were also removed
-- Thanks to Rob Eaton for the Dats
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
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Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC
Reviewer:
The HashJihad
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June 20, 2023 Subject:
Charlie a God
I bought Dick Pick's One like 15 years ago. I don't remember it sounding this good. Almost want to go look for the disc. This show is just tits. Love
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the PITB it just hits every single spot. And I don't even mean the Jam. The Song Part itself is Perfection, perhaps the tightest they ever played. Listen to the Phil bomb at the perfect spot. The Keith Chords coming in just right. The perfect segue straight into psychedelia. Bobby leering slow motion-y sliding chords with Keith making this Ethreal Feeling. Then Phil just comes in and says naw this gonna be 30 BPM faster. I want to say 73 is the Pinnacle of the Dead. Not because 76-77 is not as Good. But because this is the Pinnacle of the Hippie era imo. I just feel like these Jazzy Shows represent that. Then you get into Disco and Glam Rock era of late 70's and Dead are straight Gods musically. May 77 perhaps best Month ever. May 77 they just blow your mind be being one of the Best Rock Bands you've ever listened to. In Fall 73 they blew your mind with greatest song segue jams ever. The Band Sandwhich is one of my favs. UJB-PITB-MORNINGDEW-UJB-PITB. Modern Jam bands just don't do it for me like that.
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Nick512
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September 29, 2022 Subject:
Enjoy the Music.
All I am going to say is that the music here is good, really good. The tape itself is the highest quality that we can get, without purchasing Dicks Picks
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Vol. 1 -- and that is saying something. Charlie Miller remastered this himself, using the source information, Soundboard > Master Reel > Dat (44.1k) > Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v3.0 > Samplitude Professional v11.2 > FLAC. And then! He uploaded this for all of us to enjoy...I mean, I listen to the Grateful Dead every day. Take it from me --- this show has everything you might want (although, if you're looking for a Dark Star/Mind Left Body/Eyes of the World, 1973-10-19/25). Don't let other people tell you what to think... Just enjoy the music... * Nick512
Reviewer:
Mind Wondrin
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July 16, 2021 (edited)
Subject:
All a rat can say
This show is known for a legendary Here Comes Sunshine, and for being the first official 2-track SBD release (first Dick's Picks). However,
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that's a partial release, with edited tracks, and it takes effort to hear the show in its complete form and at the right pitch. Phil used to stand between the vault and the Heads, and vetoed several releases before he was told to let this out; but not before he struck his lauded Decon Jam in Nobody's Fault. If it wasn't for the classic Dan McD stealth AUD, we wouldn't know about it! The OFF only uses 57mins of the 2nd disc - presumably all Latvala could get approved. It was also the first release to use patches flown-in from other shows, and for no apparent reason has the tracks out of order. They even edited Bobby's "thanks for having us" between Stella>Around. The words "sugar shack" were written on the SBD tape box, leading some, years later, to assume the band had played the Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs song. They didn't - it may have been some forgotten inside joke or crew reference. Like '67 there was no NYE party in '73 (except for the two hiatus years this wouldn't happen again until '92), so this was the last gig until Feb. As others have pointed out, this is a lesser show of late '73. It's not, say 12/10 (OFF release, not on Archive), but has the hot HCS, plus the NFBM with the superb jam & Phil solo, and a TOO that quickly breaks down into an Insect Fear that's hellscaped with beauty. Truckin' through Stella is one of those every-DeadHead-must-hear sequences (if procurement in the best shape is tricky). First Set. Jarnow suggested Bobby sneezes in the first verse of Promised Land, but IIRC he does this delivery in another show. The tempo slows to a crawl partway through Sugaree. Jer then plays a brief Merry Go Round Broke Down. He is slow again on a somewhat flat 'n flubby Dire Wolf, but the bonus solo is nice. Bobby had the better luck, but now he's slow & flat on Black Throated. Candyman is the first one to fit Jer's mood. Jack Straw is loose around the edges, but during Big Railroad the set turns hot. It's a potent Big River, with all inter-playing wonderfully. There's one more Here Comes Sunshine after this and then it gets put to bed for 19yrs. This one is a must-hear. With several ecstatic peaks, it's almost as good as 11/9. The buzz carries into a fully played-on El Paso. The rest is average '73. The jam for Playing in the Band is part aimless/part engaging. It has a hidden cut [SBD & OFF] of 16sec @7:30. The MTX is intact. As is obvious here, Donna was not on this tour. Second Set. This set takes off past the halfway point. Note that they skip the refrain on Half-Step Mississippi [the OFF fades out the last couple secs], and that this is the second and last one into a Bobby McGee. At the beginning of Weather Report, Bobby meant to say Denver, not Boulder. That one (11/20) IS awesome, but this one is leaden until Jer's jams for Let it Grow. Part 1 has a 53sec patch from 12/18 (@6:36>7:29 SBD; @6:31>7:24 OFF). He's Gone is where the set comes together, hitting X factor readiness for a legendary sequence. Jer is the engine giving Truckin' ("all a rat can say") the extra push, and it flows into a wild Nobody's Fault. Phil's Decon Jam is edited from the SBD (@11sec in "TOO"; @28sec on the OFF's "Jam"), missing 4:50. The MTX is complete. It's AUD-only because Phil kept it in the vault - still unreleased to this day. It's debatable whether this is a true "Phil-O Stomp", but there are examples from '72 with these themes that have been titled as such. Light Into Ashes helpfully calls it a Deconstructed Phil-O. This goes into The Other One ... which soon breaks down again, into an incredible Insect Fear Jam. It must have been quite a rush in person from this to Stella. Buzzzzz! The latter is nice but Around & Around threatens to trainwreck, with Bobby at his hoarsest. Casey has enough to spill them out happy. 1st Set: C+ 2nd Set: C+ Overall = 3 stars Highlights: Big River - all are playing for the bleachers Here Comes Sunshine - ecstatic peaks Truckin'>Nobody's Fault But Mine>The Other One - unique, indelible seq SOURCES: There are no sources that are both complete and correctly pitched. The miller_113503 is the remastered SBD, balanced, levelled. Though missing several tunings, it does have the encore. However like all SBDs it does not have the intro or the Decon Jam, and has the same edited tracks and flown-in patches as the OFF (now ain't that a puzzler?). It has been pitch corrected for the first set (except the back of PitB); the second needs +1% for McGee & Row Jimmy and the channels are switched. The 107984_sbd_dan_patch-97361 plays the Miller SBD with the Phil solo patched, but not the full PitB & WRS, or tunings. Only the MTX has the entire show, with tunings. The 126124_mtx_dusborne is about 1% fast for the 1st set (you might prefer the channels switched). The second set needs -2% for WRS Prelude, Nobody's Fault, TOO, Stella & Casey; and -1% for the rest of WRS + Around & Around. The clugston_8602 is the original Dan McD stealth AUD. Though incomplete, we're lucky that it spans missing sections, including the Decon Jam, intro & tunings. It needs the channels switched and pitch corrections: Promised Land has fluctuations and needs -1% to +1% by the end. The rest needs +1%, except +2% at McGee and a fluctuating He's Gone, needing +2% then +1%; and excepting the jam track labeled "TOO" and Around & Around (labeled "Casey") - both close to pitch. Dick's #1 has parts of the show but runs slightly fast, needing -1% pitch correction, except Weather Prelude, which needs -2%, and Playing in the Band: as with the SBD it has a waver and needs ~ -2% by the end. On the OFF it has a weird anomaly @1:50.
Reviewer:
happytrails
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September 29, 2020 Subject:
from the Phil's first notes in Sugaree
I sez... I say... Just stunned by the clarity of the recording, and in an instant felt (tho I haven't heard this for years) that what I was hearing suggested
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great things for the rest of this show! predisposed to attaching to the sound, like after a long "trip"in the woods without music, sounds like water for my thirsty ears! Now I can't wait to listen to more...
Reviewer:
Dean1067
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September 7, 2020 Subject:
Here Comes Sunshine ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Wow. Not exactly sure when I got Dicks Picks Vol 1, but I think it was Christmas/Winter Solstice of '93. I think I ended up with Volumes 1 thru 15 at
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least but lost ALL of my belongings in 2007. And since then I've been homeless off & on I don't know how many times. And lost all of my belongings again & again. Which seemed trivial after losing my wife to COPD on Christmas Eve 2015. My point is though, getting to hear this, especially the Here Comes Sunshine is like running into a friend I haven't seen in 20 years. Sweet! Very very Sweet!
Can't argue with Dick here: Good call for the first in the beloved 36-volume series. Yes, the official release is both sliced and diced, but still, he
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sure knows how to pick them. Highlight of course is the late first-set HCS, and - as many have noted - it's the reason why he chose it to open the series. Last show of '73, quintet-dead. Also, that Other One.... As one headyversion reviewer put it, it's a "Great 73 spacey mindmelter with unbelievable feedback jam!!!"
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July 15, 2014 (edited)
Subject:
"And We Bid You Goodnight, 1973"
It’s obvious that the “Here Comes Sunshine” was the swaying factor in Dick Latvala’s decision to release this night for the first released pick.
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It’s also the last stand of 1973, a year universality praised by many deadheads (and rightfully so!). It happens to be my favorite year, and I’m of the opinion that the Dead bade farewell to this year in fine fashion, although the previous night in Tampa deserves the nod for the stronger of the two shows. The aforementioned HCS is truly epic, and along with the versions played on 12/6, 11/30, 11/17 and 2/23/74, ranks among the very best. The last show of December is not actually an all around spectacular show, all told. Much of the first set is dialed in, save for the “Playin’”, and this version, while good, is nowhere near the best of the year. (For superlative stand alone versions look to the month of February, 3/16, 5/26, 7/1 & 10/19.) The Second set, per usual, offers up more interesting sonic goods. The segue-wave involving “Truckin’->Nobody’s Fault But Min->Jam->Other One->Jam” is the undisputed highlight. The “Truckin’” itself is pretty uneventful, but the “Nobody’s Fault” is remarkable (best version of the year, imho), and the jam that is segues into is worth a listen or three. The “Other One” that follows is very lean, clocking in at under two minutes (Phil Lesh disallowed the inclusion of his bass solo before this night was released), then segues into one of the greatest “insect fear” meltdown jams of the 73/74 era. The jarring, yet thrilling waves of electronic crescendos hint at the upcoming “Seastones” section that would later grace or plague (depending on your tastes) summer and fall ’74 shows.
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February 12, 2014 (edited)
Subject:
Wake of the flood
I really like this especially getting Here Comes Sunshine and Weather Report Suite in the same show. (There is only a brief period time where they are
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both in rotation.) You can't go wrong with the express train: He's GONE onward to Stella Blue with Nobody's Fault > Other ONE being the peak! I don't hear Donna in the mix? A real laid back Casey Jones encore.
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December 19, 2013 Subject:
I love you so much
This is superb. A perfect find today for an "on this day in grateful dead history.." and the quality is top notch! Infinite thanks. Forever grateful.
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